Kate McCaffrey
Head of Training and Development

Roles and Responsibilities

Kate’s major areas of responsibility are:

  • Preparing and presenting technical and soft skills training courses
  • Facilitation firm training days
  • Presenting our quarterly technical updates
  • Conducting quality control file reviews
  • Working on the technical helpline
  • Conducting student reviews

Kate draws on her accumulated knowledge and experience in practice to ensure that the training provided is specific, practical, and relevant to the audience. Her style of training is described as energetic and motivational.  

 

Kate started her career as a graduate working at a Top 5 London based Audit firm. During her career Kate has worked on a large portfolio of audited entities ranging from small owner managed businesses to large, listed plc’s across a wide number of sectors. As well as working on an audit portfolio Kate’s career has developed into her pursuing her passion which is preparing and presenting training courses for trainees up to Partner level to internal and external audiences. Kate was Technical Training Partner and Practice Assurance Partner of a Top 20 firm, represented her practice as an ICAEW Assessment Committee member, been a QPRT and has presented courses for the ICAEW District Societies, ACCA, ICAS and ICAI.

 

Kate’s professional qualifications are FCA BSc(Hons).

 

It does not matter what stage of your career you are at; you can always develop yourself and refine your skills. Kate am passionate about working with firms to develop their Partners and staff and see them thrive in their career.

Kate McCaffrey